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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If I were establishing a new country and that was a native animal, that bad motherfucker is going on my flag.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

More like going extinct /s

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

90% hyena, 10% raccoon

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

100% kick-ass

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

Punk rock hyena looking ass

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Find yourself someone who loves you as much as aardwoof loves aardwolves ❤️

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

Aardwolf puppies are freaking adorable

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That thing looks like it's either chill as fuck or a complete spaz. I'm not sure which...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Both in varying frequencies

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Looks like Honeybadger has evolved.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Ah yes, hair metal dog

I love this critter

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am assuming it is not in fact actually closely related to a wolf/dog?

Also, this has got me very curious what just a "vark" looks like given the suggested naming scheme going on here.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Both names come from Afrikaans, but the animals are not in any way related. The aardwolf is related to the hyena. It's the hyenas friendly cousin. It mostly eats termites and it's not dangerous. The aardvark lmhas a pig like nose and it burrows like a pig, so "vark" means pig in Afrikaans. The aardvark has no other relation to a pig besides the name.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

ah, so "vark" is much like "dog" in english when it is used in animal names like "prairie dog"!

thanks for explaining!

I was gonna say "pig-wolf" sounds kind of goofy but it is actually pretty precise in behavioral desciption then isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Should be noted that "aard" means "ground/earth"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Thank you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

...by contrast to airwolf...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Interesting, doesn't ard also mean "ground/earth" in Arabic? Maybe one of those words that made into the indo-german languages by the Arabic conquest?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The aardvark also mainly eats termites. Both species are nocturnal and rest in dens and burrows during the day. So similar behaviours and ecological niches so very fair to give them similar names.

The hyena family is also closer related to felines than canids. Fun fact there.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Eats insects, apparently.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

The 80s hairmetal band of the animal kingdom.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Basically an 80s punk dog.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Awww, the tiger-coyote thinks he's a stegosaurus.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Damn, this guy looks like he's about to sing an 80s power ballad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Super Saiyan Dog

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That captive aardwolf is scared though. They're not ordinarily puffed up like this. A chill aardwolf is a smooth, slender boi.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That's the most punk looking animal I've ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That Mohawk is fucking sick

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Those are some hackles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Call Apogee say Aardwolf

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

aardwoof did it again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Clearly theyve never seen those Pakistani bears.